Some of the temporary residents feel they have every right to park overnight.

While the homeless problem is hardly hidden downtown, the area near Iron and Third has become a nightly RV park of sorts, with people living out of their vehicles. In some vacant lots, you’ll find makeshift tents.

“We're having major problems with people living in their vehicles out here,” said resident Santos Baca. “At night, they come out and park like it's an RV park.”

Baca said he and his wife have called police several times about the unwelcome neighbors, but officers have said their hands are tied.

“They can't do much because the vehicles aren't inoperable and they have tags on the vehicles, and they're not doing anything wrong,” said Baca.

On Tuesday, the street was lined with cars stuffed with blankets and cases of food.

Rose, one of the people living on Iron Avenue, said she’s unemployed and has had no choice but to live out of her car for the past six months.

“It's very different, it's what all need to experience,” she said. “Then maybe they would stop complaining.”

City officials have surveyed the street, and are trying to come up with a plan. That plan could include a law prohibiting parking overnight in the area.

For Rose, the harsh reality is the people parking there need help.

There are currently no signs on the streets that say cars cannot be parked overnight.

A FIGHT OVER TURF DOWNTOWN. HOMEOWNERS TELL ACTION 7 NEWS, HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE USING THEIR STREET AS AN R-V PARK, LIVING OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES. BUT SOME OF THEM TELL US, THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO PARK OVERNIGHT. LAURA THOREN JOINS US LIVE DOWNTOWN WITH THE STORY. LAURA. YES AND SHELLY - I'M ACTUALLY A FEW BLOCKS FROM WHERE THOSE CARS ARE PARKED BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THEM REALLY DON'T WANT ME INVADING WHAT THEY CALL - THEIR TERRITORY. THE HOMELESS PROBLEM IS HARDLY HIDDEN IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE. HERE YOU SEE A MAKESHIFT TENT IN A VACANT LOT. AND THIS BIKE HOLDS ALL OF ONE MAN'S WORLDLY POSSESSIONS. BUT IT'S THESE CARS THAT REALLY BOTHER SOME HOMEOWNERS. We're having major problems with people living in their vehicles out here. At night, they come out and park like it's an RV park. SANTOS BACA SAYS HE AND HIS WIFE HAVE CALLED POLICE SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT THEIR UNWELCOME NEIGHBORS ON IRON AVENUE. BUT OFFICERS TELL HIM -- THEIR HANDS ARE TIED. They can't do much because the vehicles aren't inoperable and they have tags on the vehicles, and they're not doing anything wrong. Just walking down this street, nearly every car has blankets in the back seat, and in some cases food on the seat. It's very clear that people are living inside these vehicles. AND WE SPOKE TO ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE. ROSE - INVITED US INSIDE. NATS: this is the bedroom area, and it's also the closet, where you keep your clothes ROSE IS UNEMPLOYED, AND FOR THE PAST 6 MONTHS HASN'T HAD A CHOICE BUT TO LIVE OUT OF THE CAR. it's very different, it's what all need to experience. Then maybe they would stop complaining. THE CITY CAME OUT TO SURVEY THE STREET. A SPOKESPERSON TOLD ACTION 7 NEWS SHE'S WORKING BOTH WITH BACA AND PEOPLE LIKE ROSE - It's going to be engaging folks. Going up to people in cars, asking them to help us come up with a plan. SHE SAYS THAT PLAN COULD INCLUDE A LAW THAT WOULD MAKE IT ILLEGAL FOR CARS TO BE PARKED OVERNIGHT. BUT THERE'S ANOTHER BIG PART OF THIS PROBLEM...SOMETHING BACA ACKNOWLEDGES - these people do need help. AND THE CITY WOULD NEED TO FIGURE OUT A PLACE FOR THESE PEOPLE TO GO. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NO SIGNS AROUND STREETS THAT SAY CARS CANNOT BE PARKED OVER NIGHT. LIVE IN DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE LAURA THOREN KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. THE CITY SAYS, THIS PROBLEM COULD GET WORSE AS THE DAYS GET WARMER - AND MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE MAY BE OUTSIDE.